Remembering the Suffering Church on International Day of Prayer for the PersecutedNovember 4, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By William Stark" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1541183636102{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99999" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 11/04/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Every year, on the first Sunday in November, the Church comes together...
Two Christian Men Executed for Declining to Recite Islamic CreedOctober 31, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By Nathan Johnson" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1541014793063{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96335" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/31/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – A month ago, the Somalia-based terror group al-Shabaab flagged down a passenger...
Former Imam Turns into Advocate for Muslim-Background Believers in UgandaOctober 31, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="96509" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/31/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Hassan Muwanguzi is a former imam who converted to Christianity in 2003 after attending an interfaith debate. At the event,...
Pakistani Teenager Severely Tortured After Confronting Islamic RadicalsOctober 31, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1524746114971{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99703" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/31/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – The persecution of Christians living in Pakistan is severe. With oppression...
Hope Grows Despite Ongoing Violence: Part 2October 26, 2018 — If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 10/26/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – One of the men I met, a pastor named Jacob Machif, had just lost...
Hope Grows Despite Ongoing Violence: Part 1October 25, 2018 — 10/25/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In late June 2018, Fulani militants raided and killed more than 230 people in Plateau State, Nigeria. Less than one week later, I was...
Mentally Disabled Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life in PrisonOctober 24, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1524746114971{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99704" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/24/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – On September 28, Yaqoob Bashir, a 25-year-old mentally disabled Pakistani Christian,...
ICC Provides Home Goods for Egyptian Believers in NeedOctober 22, 2018 — 10/22/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In Cairo, one neighborhood has become a safe haven for Muslim-background believers who fled their homes because of persecution. All of these believers faced...
ICC Provides Clean Water for Christians in QaraqoshOctober 20, 2018 — 10/20/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In 2014, ISIS invaded Qaraqosh and displaced most of the city’s Christian population. For the last several years, Christians have been scattered all over...
The Rising Tide of Persecution in India’s Chhattisgarh State – Part 2October 18, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s India Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1539800061789{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="99698" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] If you missed it, you can read Part 1 here. 10/18/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian...
ICC Provides a Motorcycle for a Pastor in NigeriaOctober 18, 2018 — 10/18/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Into the early hours of Friday, September 8, 2017, Fulani militants invaded the Christian village of Ancha in Miango District of Plateau State, Nigeria....
Kachin Pastor Beaten by Burmese Militia Recounts His OrdealOctober 17, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="96388" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/17/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Mading Zai Dan Bawm Ying is one of two Kachin youth pastors beaten by members of the Myanmar army-based Border...
Three-Person Teams Tasked with Monitoring Religious Venues in WenzhouOctober 17, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_single_image image="96203" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 10/17/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – In its latest attempt to ensure that religion is under the government’s control, Wenzhou city, also known as “China’s Jerusalem,”...
ICC’s Volunteers Raise Prayer Support for the PersecutedOctober 17, 2018 — 10/17/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As we serve the persecuted, our efforts would be fruitless apart from the grace of God. Therefore, we are constantly calling on our network...
ICC Provides Business Assistance in KenyaOctober 16, 2018 — 10/16/2018 Kenya (International Christian Concern) – On February 16, al-Shabaab militants attacked a school in Wajir County, located in northeastern Kenya. Seth Odada and his wife Caroline were among those who...
Twelve Christians Arrested in Nyala, South DarfurOctober 15, 2018 — No Charges Issued by the National Intelligence and Security Services 10/15/2018 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 13, 12 Christian men...
